Always ... Patsy Cline: Return engagement marks the 25th anniversary of the show that originated at Stages and has been often revived here and widely produced across the country. Ted Swindley's script depicts the friendship that developed between the country music legend and a loyal Houston fan, the scenes alternating with 27 of Cline's hits; When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, through June 23; Where: Stages Repertory Theatre, 3201 Allen Parkway; Tickets: $21-$45; Info: 713-527-0123.

Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett's tragicomic masterpiece depicts two hapless tramps attempting to divert themselves with various games and routines while waiting in vain for a mysterious personage; When: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; Where: Catastrophic Theatre, 1119 East Freeway; Tickets: Pay what you can; Info: 713-522-2723, www.catastrophictheatre.com.

The Merchant of Venice: This cutting of the Shakespeare play becomes chiefly the story of moneylender Shylock, as enacted by three men in a Nazi concentration camp; When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday; Where: Classical Theatre Company, at Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring; Tickets: $18; Info: 713-963-9665.

Kimberly Akimbo: David Lindsay-Abaire's dark comedy about a teen afflicted with a premature aging disorder, yet more preoccupied with the travails of her dizzy relatives; When: 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays through April 27; also, 2 p.m. April 21, 7:30 p.m. April 25; Where: Country Playhouse, Town and Country Village, 12802 Queensbury; Tickets: $22; Info: 713-467-4497.

Houston Symphony: Before conducting a series of Germanic masterworks during his final weeks as the orchestra's music director, Hans Graf reaches into the French pantheon for "La Mer," Claude Debussy's scintillating tone-painting of the sea. Austrian violinist Benjamin Schmid returns to Houston to pay homage to two great predecessors: He'll play the first movement of Niccolo Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 as souped up by the 20th-century virtuoso Fritz Kreisler. Schmid and his wife, pianist Ariane Haering, will round out the program with two Felix Mendelssohn rarities. When: 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday; Where: Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana; Tickets: $29-$116; Info: 713-224-7575; www.houstonsymphony.org.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Picasso Black and White," through May 27; "Lost Treasure of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice," through April 28; "Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections for the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait," through January 2014, 1001 Bissonnet; 713-639-7300.

Menil Collection: "The Untitled (Structures)," a film Installation by Leslie Hewitt and cinematographer Bradford Young, through May 5; "The Progress of Love," through May 5; 1515 Sul Ross; 713-525-9400, menil.org.

Rienzi: Collection of European decorative arts and furnishings, 1406 Kirby.